Forensic Science Handbook, Vol. I

1. Legal Aspects of Forensic Science
[Gil I. Sapir]

2. Basic Light Microscopy
[Nicholas Petraco and Thomas Kubic]

3. The Forensic Identification and Association of Human Hair
[Richard E. Bisbing]

4. A Guide to the Analysis of Forensic Household Dust Specimens and Their Statistical Significance
[Nicholas Petraco]

5. Fundamentals of Visible Microspectrophotometry in Forensic Science
[Michael B. Eyring]

6. Forensic Applications of Infrared Spectroscopy
[Edward M. Suzuki]

7. Forensic Characterization and Comparisons of Inks
[Tatiana Trejos and Jose Almirall]

8. Forensic Gas Chromatography
[David T. Stafford and Thomas A. Brettell]

9. Forensic Applications of High Performance Liquid Chromatography and Capillary Electrophoresis
[David Northrup]

10. Forensic Mass Spectrometry
[Adam B. Hall and Richard Saferstein]

11. Identification of Semen
[Edwin Jones]

12. The Application of Capillary Electrophoresis in Forensic DNA Analysis
[Bruce McCord]

Originally published　in 1982　by Pearson/Prentice-Hall, the Forensic Science Handbooks, Third Edition has been fully updated and revised to include the latest developments in scientific testing, analysis, and interpretation of forensic evidence. World-renowned forensic scientist, author, and educator Dr. Richard Saferstein once again brings together a contributor list that is a veritable Who’s Who of the top practicing forensic scientists in the field. This Third Edition, he is joined by　the Director of the Core Mass Spectrometry Facility at the Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological Analysis at Northeastern University, co-editor　Dr.　Adam Hall.　 The two volumes focus on the analytical, biological, and chemical aspects of forensic science　practice, and the topics covered in this new edition of Volume I include a broad range of subjects including:

• Legal Aspects of Forensic Science
• Analytical Instrumentation such as Microscopy, Microspectrophotometry, IR Spectroscopy, GC, LC, CE and MS
• Trace Evidence Characterization of hairs, dust and inks
• Biological Identification of body fluids and human DNA

This is an update of a classic reference and will serve as a must-have desk reference for forensic science practitioners. It will likewise be a welcome resource for professors teaching advanced forensic science techniques and　methodologies at universities world-wide, particularly at the graduate level.

Features

• Offers full revision of a classic reference in the field of forensic science
• Includes top forensic science practitioners writing on their specific areas of expertise
• Serves as a must-have desk reference for professionals including: laboratory personnel, forensic chemists, biologists, and analysts
• Covers a vast array of scientific techniques performed on various forms of physical evidence in order to comprehend, evaluate and interpret the significance of scientific results
• Addresses the essential topics of ethics and objectivity in the forensic sciences

Editor(s) Bio

Dr. Richard Saferstein has served as an expert witness over 2000 times in nearly 150 federal and state courts involving a variety of forensic issues. From 1970 to 1992, he headed the crime laboratory of the New Jersey State Police, USA.

Dr. Adam B. Hall is the Director of the Mass Spectrometry Facility within the Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological Analysis – Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts., USA.